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Netflix has officially renewed its unscripted dating series Love Is Blind through Season 10! This Valentine's Day marks the 5th anniversary of the beloved series, coinciding with the highly anticipated premiere of Season 8. Debuting on February 14, 2025, Season 8 introduces a new group of singles from Minneapolis, Minnesota, embarking on personal journeys of love and self-discovery. Look back at the unforgettable moments, viral memes, and heartwarming love stories that made you fall in love in the Official Teaser. Singles who want to be loved for who they are have signed up for a less conventional approach to modern dating, and will choose someone to marry without ever meeting them. Over several weeks, the newly engaged couples will move in together, plan their wedding, and find out if their physical connection matches their strong emotional bond developed in the pods. When their wedding day arrives, will real-world realities and external factors push them apart, or will they marry the person they fell blindly in love with? Hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey, this addictive series will uncover whether looks, race, or age do matter - or if love really is blind. The hit reality series is back for an eighth season, following a new set of singles from Minnesota - all ready to cut through the static of modern dating and forge authentic relationships, sight unseen. This season, the singles form deep and immediate connections, setting the stage for an unexpected journey full of twists, turns, and shocking revelations that will test each relationship well after the participants leave the pods for the real world. |
posted 1/20/2025 |
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The Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions has set an official date for its 2025 return! The most impressive Jeopardy! contestants of the past year will face-off in the prestigious event beginning on Monday, January 27. As previously announced, this year’s contestant field will include the players who won the most games since 2024’s Tournament of Champions, which concluded on March 19, 2024, along with the winner and runner-up from the Champions Wildcard tournament, which is currently airing. Lisa Ann Walter, the winner of Celebrity Jeopardy!, was also initially supposed to be part of the group, but had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict with Abbott Elementary. The competition will begin with the quarterfinal rounds, which conclude on Monday, February 3. The three winningest contestants from the year — Adriana Harmeyer, Isaac Hirsch, and Drew Basile — earned byes that allow them to bypass the quarterfinals and begin the competition in the semifinals. Once the quarterfinals conclude, the semifinals will air from Tuesday, February 4, to Thursday, February 6, with the finals kicking off on Friday, February 7. The first player to win three games in the finals will take home the $250,000 prize, making the last possible date of the tournament Monday, February 17 (although it could end by Tuesday, February 11, if someone wins three in a row). Full schedule: - Monday, January, 27:
Quarterfinal 1 Alison Betts, a five-game champion originally from San Jose, California; Will Wallace, a four-game champion from Austin, Texas; Rishabh Wuppalapati, a three-game champion from Vernon Hills, Illinois The Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions Exhibition Game features this tournament's top champions, Adriana Harmeyer (15 wins), Isaac Hirsch (9 wins) and Drew Basile (7 wins), who will all be seeded directly into the semifinal round of the Tournament of Champions. The players will battle it out for bragging rights in the exhibition game before going up against the other players in the tournament. "The Tournament of Champions is always full of surprises, so this matchup gives this season's top-ranked champions a chance to face off and test their skills against each other ahead of the tournament,” said Sally Umsted, Vice President of Consumer Products and Licensing for Sony Pictures Television. "By teaming up with TuneIn, fans can experience even more of the excitement around the tournament and hear some of their favorite players compete for fun.” In addition to premiering the new exhibition game, Sony Pictures Television and TuneIn are extending their partnership to continue exclusive distribution of fan favorites, Jeopardy! Radio and Jeopardy! Radio Classic, through TuneIn. Jeopardy! Radio is a stream curated by the show's producers that features the greatest and most memorable episodes of Jeopardy! and a Jeopardy!-style quiz game that allows listeners to test their knowledge. Jeopardy! Radio Classics is another 24/7 stream that covers nearly 40 years of gameplay that lets listeners play at home and on the go to see how they stack up against contestants from decades past. Fans can enjoy commercial-free access to Jeopardy! Radio and Jeopardy! Radio Classics with TuneIn Premium. |
posted 1/22/2025 |
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Speaking of Tournament of Champions |
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Guy Fieri's fiercest culinary event, Tournament of Champions, is back for a sixth season on Sunday, March 2 at 8pm ET/PT on Food Network and streams on Max. Pressure is amped up and emotions run high as chefs face wild challenges doled out by the Randomizer, face unknown opponents, and kitchen skills and abilities are pushed to the limit as successive rounds get more intense in the sudden-death culinary competition. For the first time ever, all four former champions of the series will hang up their knives for new, on set assignments. After eight weeks and 31 grueling head-to-head battles, one talented chef will win it all and be crowned champion, taking home the coveted Tournament of Champions belt and a $150,000 cash prize. Before the season begins, the cooking competition ups the stakes in Tournament of Champions: The Qualifiers, on Sunday, February 16 at 8pm ET/PT, where 16 chefs go head-to-head competing for the newly upped eight open slots in the tournament bracket, allowing four additional new chefs to compete against a returning 24. Before they enter the arena and the culinary battles begin, Fieri, Justin Warner and season III winner Tiffani Faison will preview all the twists and spins of the Randomizer, and reveal the details of this year's bracket in Tournament of Champions VI: The Bracket Reveal on Sunday, February 23 at 10pm ET/PT. "One thing you can count on with TOC is that we're always upping the ante, making the competition even more intense and unpredictable," said Fieri. " With all four past champs putting down their knives for this round, it's anyone's game! So don't sleep on the qualifiers or anyone else as this year it's truly anyone's chance to grab that belt!" This season's competing chefs will include Karen Akunowicz, Kaleena Bliss, Sara Bradley, Chris Cosentino, Rocco DiSpirito, Tobias Dorzon, Amanda Freitag, Stephanie Izard, Kevin Lee, Antonia Lofaso, Tim Love, Shota Nakajima, Nini Nguyen, Michael Reed, Britt Rescigno, Joe Sasto, Chris Scott, Adam Sobel, Dale Talde, Casey Thompson, Jet Tila, Fabio Viviani, Lee Anne Wong and Claudette Zepeda plus eight additional winners from the qualifier tournament. "Tournament of Champions is consistently one of Food Network's highest-rated series, with over 16 million viewers tuning in last season and loving every minute of the action-packed competition," said Betsy Ayala, Head of Content, Food, Warner Bros. Discovery. "With the expanded number of slots up for grabs in Tournament of Champions: The Qualifiers, the stage is set for even more unexpected matchups and potential upsets. The bar has been raised, season six is sure to deliver for returning fans and newcomers alike." Tiffani Faison joins Justin Warner as TOC sideline reporter to deliver real-time play-by-play as the action unfolds in front of a live audience. Hunter Fieri follows the action backstage, interviewing the winning chefs for their reactions to the competition, while Simon Majumdar takes on a new role as the Judges' Correspondent, getting the judges' takes on why a dish won or lost. Double winner of Season II and V Maneet Chauhan, Season IV champion Mei Lin, and inaugural TOC champion Brooke Williamson will join legendary judges Scott Conant, Cat Cora, Susan Feniger, Alex Guarnaschelli, Mary Sue Milliken, Charlie Palmer, Wolfgang Puck, Marcus Samuelsson, Nancy Silverton, Martha Stewart, Michael Symon, Ming Tsai, Jonathan Waxman and Andrew Zimmern. The finale battle on Sunday, April 20 at 8pm ET/PT will determine the brand-new winner who will join the elite group of Tournament of Champions. |
posted 1/22/2025 |
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Another schedule change for Hollywood Squares. Beginning Wednesday, Jan. 29, Hollywood Squares will air at 8 pm, followed by The Price Is Right At Night at 9 pm and Raid the Cage at 10 pm, Hollywood Squares‘ previous timeslot, CBS announced Wednesday. On Wednesday, Feb. 5, Super Bowl Greatest Commercials will air a one-time-only special episode. The Wednesday game night schedule will resume the following week. |
posted 1/22/2025 |
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A Ghost, Three Podcasters, and An American Walk Into the Caravan... |
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The contestants for the 19th series of Taskmaster have been announced, with a new line-up of comedians and actors looking to fulfill host Greg Davies’ variety of obstacles. The new show coincides with the 10th anniversary of the first series, which debuted in July 2015. Since then, the show has gone on to air in 120 countries, and found success on YouTube with 1.6million subscribers and 895million views since their official channel launched. It also opened Taskmaster: The Live Experience in London. Hoping to win the Taskmaster trophy this year is... No official air date has been announced, although the statement said the series will be available on Channel 4 in the UK, as well as internationally via the Taskmaster YouTube Channel and Taskmaster SuperMax+, the show’s dedicated streaming service. |
posted 1/22/2025 |
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BetMGM Plays Feud, TPIR |
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BetMGM announced it procured intellectual property rights to use “Family Feud” and “The Price is Right” — two of the most legendary game shows — on its iGaming platform. The gaming company landed those rights through an agreement with Fremantle, which creates, distributes, and produces entertainment content. Financial terms of the accord were not disclosed. The game shows will serve as themes for slots, table games, and “non-traditional casino games” on BetMGM. "During select weeks throughout the upcoming seasons, BetMGM will be featured as a sponsor with exclusive, never-before-seen partnership integrations for ‘Family Feud’ and ‘The Price is Right,’” according to a statement. “Throughout 2025 BetMGM and Fremantle will reveal additional details on these planned partnership activations.” Today, just seven states — Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and West Virginia — allow internet casinos. That number could increase this year as roughly 10 states, maybe more, could consider iGaming legislation. |
posted 1/22/2025 |
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"After Midnight" Returns |
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Taylor Tomlinson returned to CBS last night after a couple of weeks off as a result of the L.A. wildfires. After Midnight, which films in LA, had been on pause since January 7, as the fires ravaged the city. Tomlinson opened the show with a call-out to the producers of the show, which is produced by CBS Studios, Stephen Colbert’s Spartina Industries and Funny Or Die with J.D. Amato and Jack Martin as co-showrunners. “It is so good to be back on TV now that our city is just barely on fire,” she said. “I do want to say before we start, we were off all of last week, and the reason for that is the people who run our show are very great, great people who care about our staff and our crew, and I’m really grateful to them. It’s not something you always see in this business. So, I just wanted to say that to be like cheesy and personal. I really appreciate it. I also don’t know what games we would have played last week… ‘For our next game, we’re just gonna check Watch Duty again or our next game is called, How Many Fires Are There?’. I don’t know how we would have made that fun and cute, but the wildfire seemed to be finally under control.” |
posted 1/22/2025 |
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Wednesday Lightning Round |
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Going Offline |
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Can love still blossom in today's world without relying on being online? Japanese reality series Offline Love sets out to find out, premiering February 18. Unveiled today, the main trailer offers a sneak peek at the enchanting city of Nice, France, with its beautiful beaches and atmospheric old town. Participants navigate the city, relying on letters and promises to connect with their companions, as they strive to find their soulmate in a limited timeframe. Following the success of popular reality romance series like The Boyfriend and Love Village, Offline Love offers a fresh take on dating reality shows. Ten men and women embark on a journey to find love in the picturesque city of Nice, without using digital devices. But there's a twist: they only have 10 days to meet and connect. Despite no guarantee of crossing paths, chance meetings and inevitable encounters suggest that they might be destined for love. Will the participants find their soulmates and experience true love? The series features studio commentary from Kyoko Koizumi and the comedy duo Reiwa Roman, both making their debut as emcees for a dating reality show. Koizumi, a former idol turned singer, actor, and producer, reflects on the show's premise: "I never really connected with romance reality shows, but this concept is fascinating: in a foreign country and without digital devices, participants rely on letters, promises, and coincidences to find love. I grew up without a smartphone, and every moment felt precious." She brings her perspective as a member of the "offline love" generation, watching over the contestants' romantic adventures. "Meeting the two members of Reiwa Roman was also a delight! I hope everyone enjoys watching how things will unfold." Reiwa Roman, composed of Kuruma Takahira and Kemuri Matsui, are known for their sharp wit, adding their unique humor to the show. Takahira shares, "It felt more like witnessing a grand social experiment rather than a dating show. In a foreign land, they experience the ultimate digital detox, with no complex rules - it's a series of surprises, realizing how such a lifestyle can transform someone's feelings. Enjoy the beautiful scenery and cuisine of Nice, Kyoko Koizumi's warm words, and Kemuri-sensei's beard." Matsui adds, "At 31 years old, I don't think I've ever experienced romance without social media, messaging apps, emails, or phone calls. It'll be interesting to watch the men and women lay their hearts bare as they cross paths. Koizumi's insightful commentary alongside our fun chatter is something you should also look out for. We hope you enjoy the show!" It must be fate! Don't miss out on the drama that unfolds in Offline Love, streaming all 10 episodes on February 18 to warm audiences' hearts. |
posted 1/21/2025 |
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Another Song And Dance... |
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TV Asahi, a leading commercial TV network in Japan, is partnering with Emmy-winning producers Craig Plestis and Clara Plestis and their production company, Smart Dog Media, to co-produce a new talent competition show, “Song vs. Dance.” The Smart Dog Media duo will serve as executive producers, with Takaaki Kitano overseeing production in Japan. Their new show will have performers compete in head-to-head battles in a video game-inspired format, leaving only one winner and answering the question: Which is better, song or dance? The producers hope the show will be the next international variety hit. Smart Dog Media and TV Asahi will be showcasing “Song vs. Dance” at the inaugural MIP London in February. The show marks TV Asahi’s first co-production with a U.S.-based partner, as they join forces with Smart Dog Media to introduce the new format to Japanese audiences. |
posted 1/21/2025 |
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Catchphrase Lines Up More Celebrity Eps |
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ITV Saturday night favorite Catchphrase is set for a new run of celebrity specials as part of an eleventh series. TV Zone reports there are still episodes as part of its tenth series set to air. Each episode features three celebrities contestants all playing for charity. If the three celebrities can ‘say what they see’ they could get the chance to win £50,000 for their chosen charity. Transmission details for the new episodes, and celebrities taking part, will be announced in due course. Meanwhile, Stephen Mulhern continues to present ITV's reboots of Deal Or No Deal, You Bet!, plus Dancing On Ice and new project The Accidental Tourist alongside Ant & Dec. However, one show which will not be returning is In For A Penny. |
posted 1/21/2025 |
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Alan Carr Slams Three |
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BBC One has renewed Saturday evening family entertainment show Alan Carr’s Picture Slam for a third 6×45′ season, produced by Objective Entertainment, part of All3Media’s Objective Media Group. The quizshow sees host Carr test contestants’ knowledge and speed in various fast-paced rounds as they try to identify as many pictures as they can to stand a chance of winning the £10,000 (US$12,200) jackpot. Kalpna Patel-Knight, head of entertainment at the BBC, said: “This seemingly simple game turns up so many funny moments, and what’s great is that all the family can play along.” |
posted 1/21/2025 |
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Thursday Lightning Round |
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Three days after Hollywood Square reboot’s Jan. 16 premiere on CBS, the game show will get major exposure behind the network’s telecast of the AFC Divisional Playoff Game between Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills on Jan. 19. There will be a familiar face for football fans as Hollywood Squares is hosted by NFL analyst (and CBS Mornings co-host) Nate Burleson. The game show features Drew Barrymore in the center square, joined by celebrity guests in every episode. New names added to the guest lineup include Jay Leno, Whitney Cummings, Pete Holmes, Chaka Khan, Thomas Lennon, Nelly, Patton Oswalt, Nicole Byer, Drew Carey, Jeff Dunham, Max Greenfield, Lil Rel Howery, Rita Moreno and JB Smoove. Originally slated to premiere Jan. 9, Hollywood Squares‘ debut was pushed by a week due to the devastation from the L.A. wildfires. The show will air originals on Thursday Jan. 16 and Jan. 23 before moving to its regular Wednesday 10 PM time slot Jan. 29 as part of CBS Game Night. The special Jan. 19 airing also will be an original episode. Broadcast networks regularly use big NFL games to platform new and returning series. CBS will also debut new drama Walker and NBC will debut The Hunting Party behind high-profile football matchups this month, while Fox has slated The Floor after the Super Bowl. Thursday's premiere was the most watched TV show of the night in broadcast with 4.6m viewers total, with a 0.36/5 rating in the coveted adults 18-49 demo. |
posted 1/20/2025 |
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Noel Fielding Plans to Return to "Baking Show" |
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Noel Fielding will return to host this year’s Great British Bake Off, according to his spokeswoman. Questions had emerged over whether Fielding would present Channel 4‘s most popular show following the revelation last week that his Apple TV+ comedy The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin was being scrapped after Fielding pulled out around three-quarters of the way through the shoot. That show will not be salvaged and reports stated that Fielding had “failed to come to work.” Fielding’s spokeswoman has since issued a statement saying: “There has been absolutely no discussion about Noel stepping down from Bake Off. We have been in contact with Channel 4 and Love Productions throughout all the speculation and his ‘stepping down’ has never been part of that dialogue. We can confirm he will be returning to co-host the next series of Bake Off.” |
posted 1/20/2025 |
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John Bishop Gets Crowded |
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Doctor Who star and stand-up comedian John Bishop is reportedly fronting a non-broadcast BBC pilot for a brand new quiz show titled Wisdom of the Crowd, which comes from the producers of The 1% Club. Chortle reports that the format involves answering questions with "educated guesses", with Magnum Media comparing it to "a 'guess how many sweets are in a jar' competition, but on a big Saturday night TV show scale". Further details, including rounds and prize money, are yet to be unveiled, but a not-for-TV pilot episode is expected to be filmed in Salford's MediaCity at the end of the month, with casting company SRO currently seeking contestants and audience members. |
posted 1/20/2025 |
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Argentina Gets Ballsy |
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Argentinian broadcaster Canal 13 has acquired the rights to adapt Netherlands-based Talpa Studios’ gameshow format The Quiz With Balls. The adaptation will be produced at a production hub in Argentina operated by Kuarzo Entertainment, repeating the formula used for Canal 13’s adaptation of fellow Talpa format The Floor. Like The Floor, the local version of The Quiz With Balls will be hosted by popular Argentinian actor and presenter Guido Kaczka. The Quiz With Balls first aired on Dutch channel SBS6 in 2023. In the show, contestants have to answer a series of questions correctly to avoid being catapulted into a pool by giant yellow balls. Teams must remain as complete as possible for as long as possible, as the 10th and final question is worth a tidy cash prize. The Argentinian version follows adaptations in countries including Spain (Antena 3), Germany (RTL) and the US (Fox). |
posted 1/20/2025 |
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Winner Winner |
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A new gameshow, titled The Winner Takes It All, is to record in Manchester early next month. The show, from the makers of Ant & Dec's Limitless Win, will see contestants battle it out for a pile of epic prizes and staggering amounts of money, by answering questions, all of which are based on our exclusive and unique UK-wide survey. A teaser states that the potentially life-changing show will be hosted by "two of Britain’s best-loved comedians and presenters", though their identities - as well as potential broadcaster - have not been revealed. |
posted 1/20/2025 |
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Monday Lightning Round |
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A gameshow from centimillionaire YouTube influencer MrBeast broke Amazon Prime Video's streaming record by racking up 50 million views in the 25 days after its Dec. 19 premiere, the streamer told multiple outlets, making it the platform’s most streamed unscripted show of all time and earning it several other accolades. “Beast Games,” which made headlines when it was first announced for boasting the largest single prize of any television show in history, is set up similarly to the mega-popular influencer's YouTube channel and puts 1,000 contestants through a series of challenges in which they can be eliminated. The show reached 50 million views when only five of its 10 episodes had been released, and hundreds of players are still in competition for the top prize. In addition to the nonscripted streaming record, "Beast Games" also holds the title of the second best Prime Video series debut of 2024 and was the show responsible for the second most subscriber growth for the year, Amazon said—falling to "Fallout" in both categories. Beast Games" airs in 240 countries and half of its audience is outside of the United States, according to Amazon, particularly in India, the U.K. and Mexico. |
posted 1/16/2025 |
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Food Network Conjures Up Second "Wizards of Baking" |
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Food Network's Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking will have a second season, it was announced today by Betsy Ayala, Head of Content, Food, Warner Bros. Discovery. The series kicked off the network's holidays on Thursday, November 14 and concluded on December 19 ranked as the #1 non-news/sports cable program on Thursday nights for P25-54; averaging 0.50 P25-54 and 0.66 W25-54 L3 ratings (up +138% and +121% respectively vs. prior six-week metrics) and having reached more than 16.4 million total viewers across linear, Max and discovery+ "In collaboration with Warner Horizon and teams across all of WBD, Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking harnessed the fandom of Harry Potter and the power of Food Network as a holiday destination -- delivering visually breathtaking cakes set against the backdrop of the beloved Harry Potter film sets," said Ayala. "Viewers and Potter fans everywhere tuned in to see what these talented artists created each week, and we cannot wait to bring the audience an even more magical second season." Capitalizing on the enduring love for Harry Potter - a global phenomenon that continues to captivate people of all ages around the world - the ground-breaking series, which was filmed at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, amidst the backdrop of Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter, blends legendary storytelling and fantastical edible creations in a never-before-seen competition that had audiences at the edge of their seats. James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) brought their exceptional charm and behind-the-scenes anecdotes as hosts of this most magical series, joined by esteemed, culinary judges, Carla Hall and Jozef Youssef. Across the six-episode season they were joined by special guests Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) who helped to evaluate the competitors' showpieces and also shared their own film stories. |
posted 1/16/2025 |
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More on "Farmer Wants a Wife" |
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Dating competition series Farmer Wants a Wife, hosted by Kimberly Williams-Paisley, is back with four new rural romantics looking to sow love on the farm when Season Three premieres Thursday, March 20 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Farmer Wants a Wife is the most successful dating show in the world, airing in 34 countries and resulting in 226 marriages and 565 children (with four on the way). Last season's farmers Mitchell Kolinsky and Nathan Smothers remain happily in love in their relationships with Sydney Errera and Taylor BeDell, respectively. This season, four new farmers - Matt Warren, Jay Woods, John Sansone and Colton Hendricks - bring the heat as all-new daters look to leave behind city life for the charm of the country as they embark on an adventure that could change the course of their lives forever. These farmers are the cream of the crop. Farmer Matt is the California heartthrob who uprooted his life in Austin to help save his brother and sister-in-law's avocado farm - he's our fairytale Prince Charming! Family, faith and football - that's Farmer Jay, the hometown hero who lost his football career to injury and put everything he had into rebuilding the legacy of his grandfather's farm in Alabama. Farmer John is an urban cowboy - a high-flying St. Louis law student who dreams of living in the tradition of his family's farm in rural Missouri with his sweetheart by his side, if he can find her of course! Our cheeky charmer with a witty sense of humor is Farmer Colton - a third generation Arkansas cattle rancher, recently divorced and a single dad to his 2-year-old son who is looking for a second chance at love. The third season will dive deeper into the beauty and trials of homegrown love, and new twists will put relationships to the ultimate test. Along the way, the farmers and their daters hit the road as they travel to Alabama for a speed dating event, Tennessee for a country ball and Texas for an overnight camping mixer. New this season, the final daters will bring their families back to the farms where their loved ones will experience first-hand what it is like living in the countryside. As the ladies immerse themselves in the realities of farm life, some will blossom while some will head out to pasture, and only time will tell if they have the patience, spirit and adaptability required to be a farmer's wife. |
posted 1/16/2025 |
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Beat the Chasers to Return for Season 7 |
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With the sixth series currently airing on ITV after two years on the shelf, Beat The Chasers is set to film a seventh series later this year, Chaser Anne Hegerty has revealed. Further details have not been announced by ITV. Now in its sixth season, Beat The Chasers sees individuals take on all six Chasers - The Governess, The Vixen, The Menace, The Dark Destroyer, The Beast and The Sinnerman - in the hope of winning a huge cash prize. To build a cash pot, the contestants have to answer multiple choice questions - get the first one wrong, and they are out, but answer one or more correctly and they get to face the Chasers, who offer time and money in order to take them on. If the contestants get all Cash Builder questions right, they are given a super offer to face all the Chasers for up to £600,000 - the endgame is a nail-biting head-to-head race against the clock. Run out of time before the Chasers and the contestants go home with nothing, but if the Chasers run out of time before them, they will win the money for their nominated charities. With Bradley Walsh as our presenter, is anyone good enough to take on the greatest quiz team that ever lived? |
posted 1/16/2025 |
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Bob Uecker, who parlayed six laughable seasons as a light-hitting catcher into a second career in comedy highlighted by hilarious turns in the Major League movies, on The Tonight Show and in beer commercials, died Thursday. He was 90. A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Uecker was a popular play-by-play man for his hometown Milwaukee Brewers since 1971, and it was the team that announced his death. On the 1985-90 ABC sitcom Mr. Belvedere, Uecker starred as sportswriter/sportscaster George Owens, who contends with the antics of his three kids (Rob Stone, Tracy Wells, Brice Beckham) and the title character, a sophisticated English butler (Christopher Hewitt) hired to bring order to a suburban Pittsburgh household. As Harry Doyle, the eternally optimistic (and inebriated) play-by-play announcer for the beleaguered Cleveland Indians in Major League (1989), he tried to put an upbeat spin on the dismal play he was witnessing. When bespectacled rookie Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Charlie Sheen) threw a fastball several feet to the right of home plate, Doyle memorably described the pitch as “juuuuuuust a bit outside.” Uecker returned as Harry in Major League II (1994) and Major League: Back to the Minors (1998). Before all this, Uecker was a catcher (and a backup one at that) in the big leagues, playing with the Milwaukee Braves in 1962-63, the St. Louis Cardinals (1964-65), the Philadelphia Phillies (1966-67) and the Atlanta Braves (1967). His career batting average was .200, and he hit just 14 home runs in 731 at-bats. Uecker led the National League in passed balls in his last season — all the more notable considering he caught only 59 games that year. He often was on the receiving end of Phil Niekro’s unpredictable knuckleball and liked to joke that the best way to catch this type of pitch was to wait for the ball to stop rolling and then pick it up. “Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues,” he once said. “But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.” The knack for finding humor in his woebegone baseball career turned out to be Uecker’s strongest talent, and after he hung up his chest protector, he entertained audiences as a paid speaker, making fun of his days on the diamond. One night in 1969, jazz trumpeter Al Hirt, who had opened a nightclub in Atlanta, coaxed Uecker up onstage. His spirited nature and natural joke-telling ability made him a hit, and Hirt convinced Johnny Carson to give Uecker a shot. “So, I’m standing behind the curtain … my first time on The Tonight Show, and I had never been this nervous before,” Uecker recalled on David Feherty’s Golf Channel show in 2016. “Not that I wasn’t going to be funny. I knew I could be funny. “So I go out. I do my thing with Johnny and he laughs. We have a good time. Now after the show is over, we’re all saying goodnight. As I’m walking away, I hear Johnny say to Ed [McMahon], ‘Did that guy really play baseball?’ And Ed says, ‘I think so.’ Neither one of them believed I played baseball. But they called me back. I actually did three shows in about six weeks.” In fact, during Carson’s run on The Tonight Show, Uecker made about 100 appearances and was given the nickname “Mr. Baseball” by the host. With his gregarious personality, he delighted viewers with his self-effacing observances. His jokes included: “I knew my career was over in 1965. My baseball card came out with no picture.” “Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.” “When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I’d look over at the other dugout and the players would already be in their street clothes.” When asked to cite a highlight of his career, he recounted the time he was intentionally walked by Dodgers great Sandy Koufax. (He actually homered off Koufax once.) In the 1980s, Uecker was a member of ABC’s Monday Night Baseball team; hosted a syndicated TV series that showed wacky highlights and evolved into The Lighter Side of Sports; presided over Saturday Night Live; appeared as himself on Who’s the Boss? and in Robert Altman’s O.C. and Stiggs (1985); and worked several World Wrestling Federation events, most notably a big showdown between Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant. He also made a splash with his clever 1982 book, Catcher in the Wry. In 2003, Uecker was honored with the Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award for contributions to baseball broadcasting. Among those was his signature home run call: “Get up! Get up! Get outta here! Gone!” (For years before announcing Brewers games, he would pitch batting practice.) He also featured in episodes of "Hollywood Squares" From 1986. His last game as an announcer in his 54th season with the Brewers came on Oct. 4 when the New York Mets rallied to eliminate Milwaukee in the playoffs with a shocking ninth-inning home run by Pete Alonzo off ace reliever Devin Williams. “I’m tellin’ ya, that one … had some sting on it,” he said on the radio. Survivors include his wife, Judy, and his children, Bob Jr. and Sue Ann. Two other kids, Steven and Leeann, died in 2012 of lung disease and in 2022 of ALS, respectively. Miller Lite tapped into Uecker’s popularity by featuring the former catcher in a series of TV spots. The one most fondly remembered is from 1984 that found him exclaiming, “I must be in the front row!” after he is escorted from his box seat by an usher. In the closing shot, he’s seen in the near-empty upper deck, enthusiastically challenging an umpire’s call. The Brewers now have a statue of Uecker that sits in the last row at American Family Field in Milwaukee. “I can’t think of a better place to put it,” he said. “It’s great for the fans and even better for the pigeons.” |
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